US EditionGreene: ‘More Members’ of Congress Guilty of Conduct ‘Similar’ to Allegations Against Swalwell, Gonzales
Both lawmakers face sexual misconduct allegations, and Gonzales said he will file retirement papers when Congress returns.
- On Monday, Rep Eric Swalwell and Rep Tony Gonzales announced plans to resign from Congress amid sexual misconduct allegations. Both members announced their departures on social media.
- Sexual assault allegations against Swalwell were reported last week by the San Francisco Chronicle and CNN, while Gonzales faces scrutiny over an affair with a staffer who later died by suicide.
- Representatives Teresa Leger Fernández and Anna Paulina Luna spearheaded expulsion efforts that prompted both resignations. Swalwell chose to resign rather than face a vote that could have ended his 13-year House career.
- California Governor Gavin Newsom and Governor Greg Abbott will call special elections within 14 days to fill the vacant seats. The resignations maintain the House's narrow Republican majority unchanged.
- The House Ethics Committee continues investigating other members, including Representatives Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick and Cory Mills, amid broader calls for congressional accountability. Both face allegations of ethics violations they deny.
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Reps Eric Swalwell And Tony Gonzales Resign From Congress
Source: After talks of their expulsion gained significant traction on Monday, Reps. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) and Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) announced they would be resigning from the House of Representatives. According to CNN, Swalwell announced his resignation on Monday afternoon after the House Ethics Committee said it would launch an investigation. “Expelling anyone in Congress without due process, within days of an allegation being made, is wr…
'Mutually assured destruction': Another disgraced lawmaker to resign from Congress over sex scandal
A Republican is following in California Democrat Rep. Eric Swalwell's footsteps by resigning from Congress after sex scandals imploded their respective political ambitions.Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) announced his imminent resignation Monday, shortly following Swalwell's statement after several lawmakers led a bipartisan effort to expel the two lawmakers from the House of Representatives. Rather than wait to be expelled, Gonzales vowed to resig…
Democrat Rep. Swalwell and Republican Rep. Gonzales Forced to Resign from Congress
Democrat Rep. Swalwell and Republican Rep. Gonzales Forced to Resign from Congress Allegations of sexual misconduct are forcing two members of Congress to resign. Democrat Rep. Eric Swalwell, facing a possible expulsion vote over allegations of sexual assault, announced his resignation…
Who Is Next? Viral X Warning Triggers Resignation Fears as Gonzales and Swalwell Quit Same Night Amid Sex Scandals
Two scandal-plagued House members announced their departures within an hour of each other on Monday night, and now a viral X post is warning that the congressional accountability crisis is far from over. Rep. Eric Swalwell, a California Democrat facing sexual assault allegations from four women, announced he would resign from Congress. Less than an hour later, Rep. Tony Gonzales, a Texas Republican who admitted to an affair with a former staffer…
Two More Representatives Could Be Next in Expanding Ethics Crackdown After Swalwell and Gonzales' Exit
As Rep. Eric Swalwell prepares to leave Congress and Rep. Tony Gonzales says he will step down, attention in the House is shifting to whether two more embattled lawmakers could soon face their own reckoning.
A few hours after Swalwell had announced his departure, Republican Congressman Tony Gonzales also announced he was stepping down.
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